Analysis of Infatuation



It is April in the hearts of all
Who live upon this stretch,
Yet the inner words I hear
Firmly recollect and etch,

Memories lost and memories stuck
In the annals of my soul,
Only you can reach the depth of it,
April grows cold.

May attempts a weak appearance,
March’s winds are hanging round,
But the warmth of earth is calming,
Only rain creates a sound!

Thoughts and ideas are so fleeting,
Did your thoughts come as swift as mine,
You don’t come, yet I’ll remember,
I will solitarily pine!

c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.


Scheme XAXA XXXX XBCB CDED E
Poetic Form
Metre 111000111 110111 1010111 100101 100101001 0010111 101110111 1011 10101010 111101 10111110 1010101 100101110 11111111 11111010 1111 101011110110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 535
Words 100
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Lena Smith Carter

Lena Smith Carter is an internationally traveled concert artist who has sung the poetry of the world in seven languages across America and around the world. She is a graduate of Central State University (OH) with a B. S. in Music Education, a graduate of Miami University (OH) with an M.Mus. in Performance and Repertory, and has studied for her doctorate at the Paris American Academy, Paris, France and The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Her international travels have taken her from Paris to New York as well as Porto Alegre, RS; Fortaleza, CE; Recife, PE; Joao Pessoa, PB: Natal, RN; Sergipe, AR; and Brasilia, DF, where she appeared at Casa Thomas Jefferson /The American Embassy. Her experiences in the northeast allowed her to use many Brazilian folk songs as both the land and the language are very close to the hearts of northeasterners. In the south of Brazil, where there are many foreign-born citizens who speak other languages natively, she used more German, Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, as well as Portuguese and English.In addition to her concert career and international travels, she is a teacher, parent, grandparent, publisher, editor, patent holder, philosopher and published poet and author. She has traveled to more than 15 different countries and has had more than thirty-five years experience in the creative arts and education. Her poetry is bold, original, colorful, and imaginative.Her written and published works include The Weight Management Diary, Axioms for Life/Work, Axioms for Life I, Axioms for Life II, Axioms for Life III, Poetic Universalisms I (hardback/paperback), Poetic Universalisms II, (hardback/paperback), 50 Reasons Why You Have/Have Not Arrived, Foreign Language Tips for Travelers (eBook), School Security Rewind (eBook), Writing Poetry: How to make yourself a Pro (eBook) and Jumpstarting Your Choir, Volume I. more…

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